Hannsjörg Voth

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Hannsjörg Voth (born February 6, 1940 in Bad Harzburg ) is a German artist.

Career

Voth was born as the son of the architect Hans-Erich Voth and his wife Elisabeth in Bad Harzburg. In summer 1945 the family moved to Bremervörde , the birthplace of their mother. After an apprenticeship as a carpenter, military service and journeyman years , Voth studied commercial graphics at the Bremen State Art School from 1961 to 1965 . In 1968 he moved to Munich and worked as an art director in an advertising agency. He also started working as a freelance painter and draftsman. Since 1972, Voth has devoted himself exclusively to his own artistic work. During these years numerous acrylic pictures and screen prints were created , which (symbolically) dealt with the topics of lacing and bandage .

Since 1974, with the preparatory work for the Feldzeichen project (implemented in Ingelsberg near Zorneding in April 1975 ), he has been a representative of Conceptual Art and Land Art . During his stay in Morocco, where he lived for a long time, he realized large sculptures such as the Golden Spiral or the City of Orion .

What all of Voth's projects have in common is an often archaic aesthetic and the fact that the works will sooner or later fall apart are subject to impermanence. In the end, only the documentation (catalogs, films, photographs) of the work, in which he is supported by his wife, the photographer Ingrid Voth-Amslinger , often remains .

As a member of the German Association of Artists , Hannsjörg Voth took part in several annual DKB exhibitions between 1972 and 1986. Voth lives and works in Munich.

Between Sonnentor and Mondplatz

Awards & honors

Projects

City of Orion, Morocco
Heavenly stairs, Morocco
  • Standard ( Ingelsberg near Munich, 1973–1975)
  • Place of Power (Neuenkirchen, Lüneburg Heath, 1975–1976)
  • Stones live forever (Neuenkirchen, Lüneburg Heath, 1977)
  • New planting of two rose beds ( Colombi-Park , Freiburg im Breisgau, 1977)
  • Journey into the sea (Ludwigshafen - North Sea, 1976–1978)
  • Stone boat ( IJsselmeer , Netherlands, 1978–1981)
  • Earth Cross ( IGA 1983 Munich, 1983)
  • Ladder to Heaven (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1983)
  • Stone house with a soul hole ( Buga Berlin, 1985)
  • Heavenly stairs (Marha Plain, Morocco, 1980–1987)
  • Lebensbogen ( Dietersheim sewage treatment plant near Munich, 1989)
  • Vertex posture ( Rhine-Main-Danube Canal near Hilpoltstein, 1992)
  • Between Sonnentor and Mondplatz ( European Patent Office , Munich, 1991–1993)
  • Growth spiral (Freising / Weihenstephan , 1993–1994)
  • Ried island gauge (Donauwörth, 1994)
  • Arche ( Schweisfurth Foundation , Hermannsdorf, 1993–1996)
  • Golden Spiral (Marha Plain, Morocco - 31 ° 35'31.5 "N 4 ° 32'06.0" W, 1993–1997)
  • City of Orion (Marha Plain, Morocco - 31 ° 36'49.5 "N 4 ° 31'32.5" W, 1998-2003)

Web links

Commons : Hannsjörg Voth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Werner Thomsen (Ed.): Hannsjörg Voth: Zeitzeichen, Lebensreisen , for the exhibition in the Städtische Galerie Haus Seel , Siegen. Prestel, Munich, 1994 ISBN 978-3-79131401-3 p. 138 ff.
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Voth, Hannsjörg ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed June 4, 2016)
  3. ↑ kultura-extra.de: Archeology of the Future ( Memento from June 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 4, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Voth, Hannsjörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Harzburg , Germany